Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
The Campaign for Drawing is running throughout October, with events taking place all over the world encouraging people of all ages to get creative with a pencil and paper. There are plenty of events happening around the West Midlands, take a look at this list on the Campaign for Drawing website to find out what’s … [Read more…]
Diversity in Youth are an arts project who meet every Tuesday at 6 – 8pm at the Brasshouse Centre in Smethwick. Dedicated to the development of young people aged between 13-19, they provide creative workshops including music, singing, dance and drama, with training given by leading professionals in each field. You can start from scratch, … [Read more…]
The Drum is looking of 16-25 year olds to create Olympic and Paralympic inspired flash mobs, creating new ‘disturbances’ that share values of the games – Excellence, Respect, Friendship, Courage, Determination, Inspiration and Equality. Volunteers will have the opportunity to gain and Arts Award, work experience in the arts industry, plus paid expenses whilst you … [Read more…]
The Traditional Arts Team have got a busy Autumn schedule, filled with dancing, storytelling and folk music. With events held across Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull, there’s plenty of opportunities to get involved all the way through to December. A few highlights include the Storytelling Cafe which is held at various venues, Moseley Village Band held … [Read more…]
Moseley Exchange are hosting a hosting a workshop on 14 October, organised by Moseley and Kings Heath Labour Party, around how those areas can support the creative community locally. Discussions will be led by the following locally-living people (this copy/pasted from the email I received): Sally Luton was – until she recently retired – a … [Read more…]
This may be of interest to anyone involved in storytelling, whether your platform is filmmaking, social media or gaming, Switchboard and Event with Me are teaming up with Power to the Pixel, to present A New Currency: Multiplatform storytelling and social capital. The event is free to attend and takes place on 12 October, from … [Read more…]
The Conservative Party Conference starts tomorrow, so expect a fair amount of disruption around the city centre – especially the city end of Broad Street around the ICC and Symphony Hall. Travel advice aside, arts and culture will be getting a foot in the door a few times over the duration, including this lot: Jonathan … [Read more…]
On 6 October at 7.15pm, ARC (Anti Racist Campaign) and Duende Performance Co. will be hosting this event at The Drum. A panel featuring film and theatre makers Kenan Malik, Colin Prescod (Institute of Race Relations) and Dave Rogers (Banner Theatre) will dicuss why they believe immigration has been, and is, good for Britain.